Identifier: b20403513 (find matches)
Title: Hygienic and medical reports (electronic resource)
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Parker, Joseph Benson, 1841-1915 United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Sanitary and medical reports
Subjects: United States. Navy Naval hygiene Naval Medicine
Publisher: Washington : G.P.O.
Contributing Library: Wellcome Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Wellcome Library

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lands, andthe fine timber in their immediate vicinity, early recommendedthem for ship-building purposes, and in 1650, surveys weremade of the harbor, and timber for masts was selected andmarked with the Broad arrow for the use of the Crown.The first ship built here for the royal navy was the frigateFalkland, of 54 guns, 637 tons, constructed by Mr. John Tay-lor in 1690; and the first ship built for the Continental Congresswas the Raleigh, a 32-gun frigate, whose keel was laid on Lang-dons or Badgers Island, on the 21st March, 1775.t This ves-sel was constructed by Messrs. Hacket, Hill & Paul, under thesupervision of Thomas Thompson, esq., of Portsmouth, whoafterward commanded her in the action with H. M. S. Druid.Langdons yard was used for naval purposes \\\) to 1800, whenthe honorable Secretary of the Navy recommended the pur-chase of Dennetts Island for the site of a naval station. In * Deed Book, vol. 1, p. 16, Records of York. t Fentress, Centennial Hist, of Portsniontli Yard.
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NAVAL STATION, KITTERY, 3IE. 91i 1794, this island had been purchased by Samuel Sheafe, otPortsmouth, from the heirs of Thomas Fernald, for the sum of$650, and was sold by him to William Dennett, of Kittery, inSeptember, 1794, for $1,700. The island, containing 58 acres,was purchased by the United States Government in 1800, fromthe said William Dennett, for $5,500, and work was immedi-ately commenced by^removing to it the naval stores from Bad-gers Isle, wliich had i previously been used for ship-buildingunder the authority of the Continental Congress. The first appropriation for the new navy-yard was made Oc-tober 1,1800, when $26,304 was voted for improvements. In.1801, a large timber-shed was finished, the materials from Lang-dons or Badgers Isle removed and stored 5 a wet dock wasbuilt, and a large quantity of live oak was placed in it. In1803, a house was erected for a dwelling, a barracks was con-structed for the marines, and a bell-tower was built.* Anoctagon fort of earth and

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